Improvement in hay-loaders



THOMAS GLFFIN?. Hay Loader Patented Jan. 30, 187

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NITE STATES PATENT @Errea THOMAS GIFFIN, OF PERRYSVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-LOADERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,166, dated January30, 1872.

Speciiication describing a new a-nd Improved Hay -Loader, invented byTHOMAS GILFFIN, ot' Perrysville,in the county ot' Ashland and State ofOhio.

Figure l is a detail Vertical longitudinal section ofrnyiinprovedmachine taken through the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top View of thesaine. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken through the line y y, Fig. 2.Fig. it is a detail section taken through the line z e, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine forloading' hay spread upon the ground directly upon the wagon, and whichshall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective inoperation; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ofvarious parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a triangular frame, the forward end or angle of which is designedto be secured to the rear axle of an ordina-ry hay-wagon. The rear endsof the side bars of the fra-me A are bolted to flanges formed upon orattached to the bearings B, in which the axle C works. l) are thedrive-wheels, which revolve upon the journals of the axle O, and aremade to carry the said axle with them, when turned forward, by t-hespringpawls E attached to the spokes of the wheels D, and which takehold of the. ratchet-wheels E, keyed to the end of the axle O, and whichare made with a iiange around their outer edges, to protect their teeth.To flanges formed upon or attached to the bearings B are securely boltedthe lower ends ot' the carrier-frame G, to the side bars and to thecenter ot' the cross-bars of which are attached strips g to support theendless belts H ofthe carrier. To the endless belts lil, at suitabledistances apart, are attached cross-bars I, to which is attached asuitable number of curved wire teeth, J, by which the hay is taken fromthe rake, carried up, and discharged upon the wagon. To the upper partofthe frame G are pivoted three wheels, K, for the endless belts H topass around. To the axles O are keyed or otherwise secured three wheels,L, around which the endless belts H. pass, and by which the carrier isoperated by the revolution of the said axle C. M is a casting, placedupon the axle C, between the bearings B and the drive-wheels D, andwhich is made with two sockets projecting at right angles, or nearly atright angles, with each other. The castin gs M are arranged upon theaxle O with one socket projecting upward and the other to the rearward.To the upwardlyprojecting sockets of' the casting M are secured thelower ends of the bars N, the upper ends ot which are connected by across-bar, O. The bars N are made oi' such a height that the teeth J ofthe carrier may pass beneath them. To the rearwardly-projecting socketsof the castings M are attached the forward ends of therearwardly-projecting bars I), which are made somewhat longer than thebars N, and their rear ends are connected by a cross-bar, Q. To thecross-bar O are attached the ends of a seA ries of wire teeth, It, whichproject upward, are bent back upon themselves, project downward, and arecurved'ibrward so as to come to the ground directly beneath the lowerand rear end ot' the carrier. The teeth R pass down through slotted orlooped guides S, which are secured to the cross-bar Q, an dprojectforward to receive the teeth R, so that should said teeth It, oreither of them, strike a stone or other obstruction, they may yield andagain spring forward to their place when the ob struction has beenpassed. To the casting M is attached a bolt, which passes through acurved slot in a ange, b', formed upon the bearings B, so that the teethIt-may be conveniently adjusted to work at any desired closeness to theground, or away from the ground, for passing from place to place, andwhen adjusted may be firmly secured in place by simply loosening andtightening the nuts ot the said bolts.

Having thus described rny invention, I claim j as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. The combination ot' the bearings B b',castings M, arranged upon the axle O, and frame-work of the machine,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination of the rake-teeth R and guides S with the frame-workN O P Q and carrier, vsubstantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

THOMAS GIFFIN.

Witnesses:

A. D. ZIMMERMAN, L. P. Zrmmmmn.

